Anonymous wrote:I think OP is exaggerating here. First, she makes it sound like MB decided she pay her half her salary since that's all they could afford. Poor Cinderella! Then we come to find out they are paying her normal hourly rate at half the amount of hours. Then we find out that half time is what most people call a full work week anyway. (7 hours a day) so it's not as if she's not working a full day.
As far as not getting a good reference - I'm going to assume that was misinterpreted since OP seems to play the victim card a lot.

I agree. The entire post sounds like a play for attention.

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Anonymous wrote:I think OP is exaggerating here. First, she makes it sound like MB decided she pay her half her salary since that's all they could afford. Poor Cinderella! Then we come to find out they are paying her normal hourly rate at half the amount of hours. Then we find out that half time is what most people call a full work week anyway. (7 hours a day) so it's not as if she's not working a full day.
As far as not getting a good reference - I'm going to assume that was misinterpreted since OP seems to play the victim card a lot.

Yes, we are definitely getting a one sided story. OP, make sure you present this very professionally in interviews and avoid badmouthing your current employer. Explain that your MB unfortunately lost her job, and does not need you for as many hours as you would like. Approach your current employer in a professional way, and explain that you cannot afford to continue working for them, but would like to help with the transition, assist with finding/training a replacement, etc.

What post on here isn't a one sided perspective, genius?

Anonymous wrote:I think OP is exaggerating here. First, she makes it sound like MB decided she pay her half her salary since that's all they could afford. Poor Cinderella! Then we come to find out they are paying her normal hourly rate at half the amount of hours. Then we find out that half time is what most people call a full work week anyway. (7 hours a day) so it's not as if she's not working a full day.
As far as not getting a good reference - I'm going to assume that was misinterpreted since OP seems to play the victim card a lot.

Yes, we are definitely getting a one sided story. OP, make sure you present this very professionally in interviews and avoid badmouthing your current employer. Explain that your MB unfortunately lost her job, and does not need you for as many hours as you would like. Approach your current employer in a professional way, and explain that you cannot afford to continue working for them, but would like to help with the transition, assist with finding/training a replacement, etc.

If OP's boss threatened to give her a poor reference if she wouldn't stay that's still really shitty in my opinion. Her boss essentially wanted to make it harder for her to get new income because she realized her bank account couldn't take a significant reduction in hours.

Anonymous wrote:OP, you realize that if you seek a new job with fewer hours, you're unlikely to return to your weekly pay as it was before MB lost her job, right? What is the difference between what you are currently making and what you reasonably expect to make at a new job with the hours you are seeking?

Yes, please explain this. They cut your hours to 7/day, and you're thinking of looking for something with 8-9? Is this a rate issue? Could you ask your current family to raise you by $1-2 now that you're working fewer hours?

Anonymous wrote:If OP was working 14 hrs a day and not paid OT, yes, fhe can sue.

OP?

Anonymous wrote:I think OP is exaggerating here. First, she makes it sound like MB decided she pay her half her salary since that's all they could afford. Poor Cinderella! Then we come to find out they are paying her normal hourly rate at half the amount of hours. Then we find out that half time is what most people call a full work week anyway. (7 hours a day) so it's not as if she's not working a full day.
As far as not getting a good reference - I'm going to assume that was misinterpreted since OP seems to play the victim card a lot.

This poster brings up some great points. OP's original post made it sound like her employers were still making her work her usual hours for 1/2 the pay. The cut in hours (and thus pay) was more likely due to not needing her the insane number of hours since her MB is home now (as well as wanting to save some money). Granted, any pay cut hurts so I get OP's frustration over this. However she has a lot more free time now, and it sounds like she wasn't crazy about working 13-14 hours/day.

I still think OP needs to quietly start looking for a new job, but mainly b/c it's unlikely her MB will find a new job in the next month considering the average time it has been taking people who have lost their jobs to find a new job lately. OP will likely need to realize that she's in for a pay cut even with a new job unless she a) finds a new job that requires as many hours...which is a crazy amount of hours or b) finds a new job with a much higher hourly wage to make up for the fewer amount of hours.

Anonymous wrote:I think OP is exaggerating here. First, she makes it sound like MB decided she pay her half her salary since that's all they could afford. Poor Cinderella! Then we come to find out they are paying her normal hourly rate at half the amount of hours. Then we find out that half time is what most people call a full work week anyway. (7 hours a day) so it's not as if she's not working a full day.
As far as not getting a good reference - I'm going to assume that was misinterpreted since OP seems to play the victim card a lot.

+1!!

I think OP is exaggerating here. First, she makes it sound like MB decided she pay her half her salary since that's all they could afford. Poor Cinderella! Then we come to find out they are paying her normal hourly rate at half the amount of hours. Then we find out that half time is what most people call a full work week anyway. (7 hours a day) so it's not as if she's not working a full day.
As far as not getting a good reference - I'm going to assume that was misinterpreted since OP seems to play the victim card a lot.

If OP was working 14 hrs a day and not paid OT, yes, fhe can sue.

OP, do you have a contract and does that contract include guaranteed hours?

If you have both those things, you can definitely push back on your employer and hold her to the terms of your contract.

If you don't have those things, you have no grounds to claim back pay and no grounds to sue. You are, simply, an hourly employee whose hours were cut. It sucks, but in those circumstances, your employers did nothing wrong.

Which is it, OP?

OP, are you legal? Probably not. If you were working 14hrs dayx6 is 70 hours per week and that would mean you should have been pdid OT for 30 hrs. You need to report these people and get out.

OP - looks like you need to find another job (as you've already concluded). If I were hiring and you interviewed w/ me while currently working for a family, I would understand why you would be unable to use your current employer as a reference. If you told me that one of the parents had lost their job and could only afford you part time and that's why you were looking, that would make sense to me. I would understand why you wouldn't want them to know you were interviewing and therefore couldn't give them as a reference.

It is much easier to give that sort of explanation for a missing reference, than to be interviewing after you left the family and still be unable to use them. Try to find another position while you're still working.

Good luck. I'm sorry your current employers are handling this so poorly.

Hit send by mistake.

Tell unemployment that she refuses to give you good reference and they will deal with her.

Learn to be assertive and STOP letting people use you

1. She did not tell her mortgage co. car loan bank, utility companies that she would only be paying half monthly payment, did she?

She has no respect for you and you were a fool for aggreeing
to do this.

I hope you were smart enougj to put this galactically foolish agreement in writing but I alteadyl know that you were not. Did ypu even have a written work agreement?

Sit down and tell her that you must have ALL back pay and be paid your full salary or you will be quitting, apply for imemploymemt, a

looking for new job. You have a valid reason for quitting and yoi will be eligible for unemployment. Stop letting her f..k you every wgich